Eyeleting-machine



(No Model.)

' ,G'. SHIPMAN.

EYELBTING MACHINE.

No. 288,373. PatentedNOv. 13-, 1883 WITNEEEEE INVENTUR l @y W I UNITED STATES ATENT, OFFICE. r

EIYELE'TING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 288,373, dated November 13, 1883.

Application filed June 7, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGESHIPMAN, of

West Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth,

in the Stateof Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Eye leting-Machines, of which the following, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of eyeleting-machines in which theeyelet-reservoir and eyelet-road automatically retire at each motion of the machine, and has for its object to so construct and arrange the road-sustaining device that when the road retreats itfalls, but maintains practically its parallelism, and in falling enlarges the clearance between the road and the upper arm of the machine,thus allowing broader objects to be inserted for the action of the eyeleting device. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in Which I Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine,

andFig. 2 is a plan of the same.

A B represents thebase and frame of the machine, which may be cast in a single piece, of the form shown in the drawings.

To the lower end, 0, of the upper arm, 13, I attach the anvil 0, from the center of which the guide-pin (1 projects. (See Fig. 1'.)

At the extremity A" of the lower arm of the frame I insert a piston, E, said pistonhaving at its upper end an eyelet-carrying point E,

said point E being a piston within thepiston E, and arranged with a spring, so that unless forcibly depressed it projects, as shown inFig.

1; but when the said eyelet-receiving point E has received its eyelet, and has been forced upward to come in contact with the guide-pin 0 it will be 'forced downward into the piston E. E so that the part E of the piston will force the eyelet against the anvil O, and thus rivet it into the work. r

E is a link pivoted to the piston E at e, and to the lever Hat 6. This lever H has a fulcrum at H, which projects from the frame A. The rear end, H of the lever H is drawn upward by the spring H*, the upperendof which is attached to a projection, H, which extends from the frame A B. (See Fig. 1.)

All of the above-described parts are in commen use in eyeleting-machines. I

I nowproceed to describe my invention, which consists in the method of suspending the eyelet-road D.

. Kis a link pivoted on the fulcrum H of the through an opening in the link K, the pin and opening being so adjusted to each other that the lever H may have at that point considerable motion before the said pin K comes in contact with the upper part of the opening in the link K. Thus. the lever may, acting through the link E throw the piston E E and the eyelet-receivin g point E upward sufficiently to receive an eyelet before the pin K begins to act on the link K. WVhen it does begin to act. on the link K,"it willthrow the said link over in the direction indicated by the arrow S. Thiswill throw the eyelet-roadD D backward and downward; but as the road D D has 7 5 a Second guiding-link, M, it must fall without losing its parallelism. This falling motion imparted to the road D D enlarges the space he tween it and the upper arm, 13, of the frame,

so as to admit ofthe insertion of broader articles to be actedupon thanotherwise could be. I

L is a boss onthe link K, through which a set-screw, L, passes.

L is a corresponding projection from the frame, and serves as a buttress for the point of the screw L. This device admits of limiting'the forward motion of the road to any desired point. R R is a similar limiting device for the motion of the lever H. y

' 1?, Fig. 1, is a strap of thin metal, fastened 0 to bosses P l? on the frame A, and, being out- I side of the lever K, serve to cause it and the 4 road D D to move in a vertical plane.

H Fig. 1, is a link which serves to connect the lever H withthe foot-treadle or other 5 meansfor communicating motion, to the ma chine.

I clainr- I In an eyeleting-machine, the combination of the eyeletroad' D D and the linkM with the link K and leverH H all operating together substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE SHIPMAN.

, WVitnesses:

- HELEN M. FEEGAN,

HARRY M. HOWARD. 

